Rat"-tailed` (?), a. Zool.
Having a long, tapering tail like that of a rat.
Rat-tailed larva Zool., the larva of a fly of the genus Eristalis. See Eristalis. -- Rat-tailed serpent Zool., the fer-de-lance. -- Rat-tailed shrew Zool., the musk shrew.
© Webster 1913.